How have courts treated allegations of multiple victims in sexual assault cases?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Knox, 74 Cal.App.4th 757, 88 Cal.Rptr.2d 432 (Cal. App. 1999):

The People rely on People v. Jones (1997) 58 Cal.App.4th 693, 68 Cal.Rptr.2d 506, where the information alleged four separate One Strike circumstances, including a multiple victim circumstance, but did not make these allegations in connection with any particular count or offense. The Jones defendant contended the trial court erroneously failed to instruct the jury on the four separate One Strike circumstances, and the jury was never asked to make a finding on the multiple victim circumstance. (Id. at pp. 708, 710, 68 Cal.Rptr.2d 506.) Instead, the jury merely made a finding with respect to each alleged sexual offense, that the defendant committed it against the alleged victim.

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